Dead Ladies Show Podcast

Episode 59 - Berenice Abbott Jan 20, 2023

Dead Ladies Show Podcast - Berenice Abbott

Welcome to our first podcast of 2023! In this episode, we zoom in on photographer Berenice Abbott. This American artist has a bit of a six-degrees-of separation going on with a number of our previous Dead Ladies, including Baroness von Freytag-Loringhoven and Emma Goldman. As told by DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens, Berenice’s story includes stints in Paris and Berlin, falling in love with eligible ladies, and learning photography from Man Ray. She took portraits of various greats, and when she returned to New York she switched to documenting the changing city, resulting in what’s called the "the greatest collection of photographs of New York City ever made."Later in life she also excelled at scientific photography, taking with her studies of light and motion contributing to the understanding of physical laws and properties of solids and liquids, as she also made innovations in camera technology.

DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins producer Susan Stone to introduce our episode.

You can see Berenice and her art, and learn more about her decades of photography work on our episode notes page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2023/01/20/podcast-58-berenice-abbott/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Drop us a line info@deadladiesshow.com or reach us on social media @deadladiesshow

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 58 — Ruth Asawa Dec 14, 2022

Episode 58 — Ruth Asawa

It’s our final podcast of 2022!

DLS co-founders Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire join producer Susan Stone to toast the holiday season, chat about this year’s good news in Dead Ladies, and to introduce our featured Dead Lady, artist Ruth Asawa.

Born to Japanese parents on a farm in California, Ruth Asawa first developed her artistic tendencies tracing shapes in the dirt. When her family was interned during World War II by the US government (along with thousands of US citizens with Japanese heritage, following the bombing of US military base Pearl Harbor by the Japanese) her life was put on hold, but she made opportunity where she could find it. When she was prevented from becoming a teacher by anti-Japanese prejudice and laws, she studied art and became a sculptor, often weaving cheap found material and wire. Her public artworks and her art education advocacy made her chosen home city, San Francisco, a more beautiful place, and her sculptures are now auctioned for millions, and exhibited around the world.

You can see wonderful pictures of Ruth and her art, and learn more about her on our episode notes page here: deadladiesshow.com/podcast/2022/12/14/podcast-58-ruth-asawa

Her estate’s website, a tremendous resource, can be found at https://ruthasawa.com/

We also mentioned the podcast Spatial Delight about geographer Doreen Massey, which is edited by Susan and hosted and produced by 2-time DLS Podcast star Agata Lisiak. You can find it here: https://thesociologicalreview.org/podcasts/spatial-delight/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

What’s your favorite Dead Lady news of the year? Drop us a line info@deadladiesshow.com or tell us on social media @deadladiesshow

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 57 - Angela Carter Nov 17, 2022

To kick off Season 6 of the Dead Ladies Show Podcast, writer Leon Craig brings us the story of award-winning English author Angela Carter. Known for her feminist, gothic and erotic sensibilities and re-inventing folk and fairy tales for her now seminal collection The Bloody Chamber, Carter’s life had quite a few plot twists of its own. In her 51 years she wrote nine novels, five short story collections, several children's books and countless essays and articles. She also collected quite a few lovers after awakening from stifling marriage, harvesting them first from her social circle and friends’ husbands, then later more randomly during her two years living in Japan. Shortly after her death from cancer, Angela Carter received a strong wave of recognition, and her writing is now taught to generations of British school kids.

Our presenter Leon Craig has received more than a few comparisons to Carter for her own debut story collection, Parallel Hells which is now out in paperback from Sceptre Books. You can read Leon’s story 'Lick the Dust’ from that collection, which was selected for Best British Short Stories 2022 at the White Review here:

DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins producer/host Susan Stone to introduce the episode and talk more about writers Carter and Craig.

Find our more about both authors on our episode notes page here: deadladiesshow.com/podcast

Angela Carter’s estate has a great website here: https://www.angelacarter.co.uk/ and is on Twitter here: @AngelaOCarter

Leon Craig can be found at www.leoncraigwriter.com and on Twitter: @Leon_c_c

You can get tickets to our next show in Berlin here:

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 56 - Mae West Aug 17, 2022

Episode 56 - Mae West

Courtesy of our pals at DLS NYC, we meet the first meta sex symbol: Mae West. Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY Mae was brazen, buxom, bawdy, sensational and sexy. She was known for her husky voice, risqué performances, and double entendres that slipped past the film censors. With over 70 years in show business on both the stage and screen, she scandalized the world of entertainment in a time when women were expected to sit on the sidelines. But, as Mae West would tell you, "goodness had nothing to do with it.”

DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens joins producer Susan Stone to introduce our featured Dead Lady.

Artist, lecturer, researcher, and self-described 'professional eccentric’ JR Pepper tells Mae’s story; you can find out more about JR here: https://www.pepperart.com

Find our more about Mae and see some scandalous pix on our show notes page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2022/08/17/podcast-56-mae-west/

DLS NYC is curated and hosted by Molly O’Laughlin Kemper, and was recorded by Jennifer Nulsen, all under the auspices of the KGB Bar’s Lori Schwarz.

If you're in the NY area, why not sign up for their newsletter so you can find out when the next show will be? Find it here: https://tinyletter.com/DeadLadiesShowNYC

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 55 - Virginia Andrews (V.C. Andrews) Jul 22, 2022

This episode was recorded at the second-ever PodFest Berlin, a local two-day event full of workshops, networking, free ice cream, and live tapings from podcasts in various languages, including one from us.

Dead Ladies Show co-founder Katy Derbyshire and podcast producer/host Susan Stone were there for a mini DLS, and took turns hosting and presenting bilingually in German and English in front of a small but perfectly formed audience.

In this episode, we hear Susan tell the story of Virginia Andrews. Better known as V.C. Andrews, this blockbusting American author probably launched the sexual curiosities of generations of teens and pre-teens — for better or worse. Her psychological horror/romance books, starting with 1979’s best-selling Flowers in the Attic, were banned in school districts and libraries, but earned millions internationally. The tale of children held captive by an evil grandmother was sadly somewhat mirrored in Virginia’s own reclusive, highly controlled life.

Though she was disabled by a medical condition from her teen years on, Virginia supported her family through her artwork and writing. After her death, a prolific ghostwriter was appointed to continue books under her name, but her legacy really endures on the strength of her original seven bestsellers, which merged classic fairy tale themes with contemporary issues of trauma and abuse.

Find out more about Virginia Andrews and her work on our show notes page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2022/07/23/podcast-55-virginia-andrews/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 54 - Memphis Minnie Jun 16, 2022

Episode 54 - Memphis Minnie In this episode, we drop in on our New York-based sister spinoff show, DLS NYC, which returned to the KGB Bar’s Red Room after a long hiatus. DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens happened to be visiting from Berlin, and took to the stage to introduce the fabulous Memphis Minnie. Tobacco-chewing blues singer MEMPHIS MINNIE (1897–1973) ran away from home at the age of 13 and made a living off music from then on, from street performances to hundreds of now classic recordings. It was said she never put her guitar down until she could no longer hold it in her hands, and she was known to use it as a weapon when required. Her songs were about the joys and hardships of everyday Black life; according to the poet Langston Hughes, she played “music with so much in it folks remember, that sometimes it makes them holler out loud.” Largely forgotten for many years while white men covered her songs, she is now celebrated for her huge contribution to blues music and what came after. DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins producer/host Susan Stone for the introducing duties, and to flag up some of our upcoming shows, at Muenster’s Center for Literature’s Droste Festival on June 18: https://www.burg-huelshoff.de/en/programm/kalender/droste-festival-2022 And at Podfest Berlin July 16-17: https://www.podfestberlin.com Listen along to all of Florian’s favorites with our Memphis Minnie playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2WSTvaocIKcJCGNGKtVDrh?si=d356b954c66245fd And see photos of the well-dressed Minnie and get more info on our episode notes page: https://deadladiesshow.com/2022/06/16/podcast-54-memphis-minnie/ DLS NYC is curated and hosted by Molly O’Laughlin Kemper, and was recorded by Jennifer Nulsen, all under the auspices of the KGB Bar’s Lori Schwarz. If you're in the NY area, why not sign up for their newsletter so you can find out when the next show will be? NYC newsletter Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon. Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month. **** The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. Don’t forget, we have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 53 - Eva Crane May 12, 2022

Episode 53 - Eva Crane

In this buzz-worthy episode, DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire (and translator) brings us the story of leading bee scientist Eva Crane. Born to humble beginnings, Eva obtained a PhD in nuclear physics but quickly shifted her attention from atoms to apiculture. She travelled the world to document all things bees, and was particularly interested in the relationship between bees and humans, including the long history of human honey cultivation.

Amateur bee enthusiast (and producer/host) Susan Stone is joined by other DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens for the introducing honors.

For more on Eva Crane and her legacy, a visit to the Eva Crane trust is a must: https://www.evacranetrust.org

And we have a delightful array of bee-related images and links (and a transcript of this episode) on our show notes page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2022/05/12/podcast-53-eva-crane/

Thumbnail photo of Eva Crane credit: International Bee Research Association

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 52 - Katherine Mansfield Apr 14, 2022

Episode 52 - Katherine Mansfield

In this episode we’ll be hearing from the multi-talented Hinemoana Baker. Hinemoana hails from New Zealand, she is a writer and musician of Māori and Pākehā heritage; she will be presenting her reflections on the life of another New Zealand writer — Katherine Mansfield. Mansfield was a very influential modernist writer, who left New Zealand for Europe at the age of 19, and hung out with Virginia Woolf, DH Lawrence, and the Bloomsbury Group gang, including her “wife,” writer Ida Baker. Mansfield is called by some the Godmother of the Short Story in the English language, and she wrote a great many in her tragically short life.

DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins producer/host Susan Stone to introduce an episode full of personal reflections, music, and poetry.

Find our more about Katherine Mansfield on our episode notes page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2022/04/13/podcast-52-katherine-mansfield/

And you can read many of her short stories at the website of the Katherine Mansfield Society here: https://katherinemansfieldsociety.org/katherine-mansfield-resources/stories/

Learn more about the Mansfield album here: https://www.katherinemansfield.com/product/mansfield-album

Explore the work of presenter Hinemoana Baker here: http://www.hinemoana.co.nz

For more New Zealand Dead Ladies, check out our Episode 19 recorded at at a literary festival in Wellington, NZ: https://deadladiesshow.com/2019/01/17/podcast-19-constance-barnicoat-and-irihapeti-ramsden/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 51 - Rosa Luxemburg Mar 08, 2022

Episode 51 - Rosa Luxemburg

The world is a troubling place, but we hope you can still find some inspiration out there, and in honor of International Women’s Day, we wanted to bring you the story of a woman who fought, loved, and sacrificed, in troubling times of her own — the revolutionary Rosa Luxemburg. Rosa was a Polish-born Jewish intellectual, socialist, Marxist philosopher, and anti-war activist, whose evocative writing contributed to her legacy.

Her story comes via educator and writer Agata Lisiak, who is currently working on a book about Rosa Luxemburg.

DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens joins producer Susan Stone to introduce our featured Dead Lady, and to give a book recommendation guaranteed to lighten up our dark times.

Find our more about Rosa on our show notes page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2022/03/08/podcast-51-rosa-luxemburg/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 50 - Adelaide Herrmann Feb 18, 2022

Episode 50 - Adelaide Herrmann

In this episode, DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire conjures up a Victorian-era Dead Lady magician who dazzled audiences and broke boundaries. Starting from her childhood in England, Adelaide Herrmann (née Scarcez) was a born performer, first notable for dance, acrobatics, and trick cycling. She met and married magician Alexander Herrmann, and became his on-stage assistant and the star of many of his illusions, first dressed as his double and later in many guises. Following his death, she eventually took over the act, becoming the Queen of Magic, and collecting a menagerie of animals for her show. Highly successful, she toured for 25 years, performing up to the age of 74. She was buried next to her husband. His headstone reads: HERRMANN THE GREAT. Adelaide’s states more simply, WIFE.

DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens joins producer Susan Stone for the introducing duties.

Find out more Find our more about Adelaide Herrmann on our show notes page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2022/02/18/podcast-50-adelaide-herrmann/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

This episode of the Dead Ladies Show Podcast was created as part of the Droste Festival 2021 - Dark Magic by Burg Hülshoff - Center for Literature.

Funding came from the NEUSTART KULTUR program of the German Federal Commissioner for Culture and Media through the German Literature Fund and the Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 49 - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu Jan 20, 2022

We kick off 2022 with an episode devoted to a woman famed for her wit and beauty, and later for her status as a sort of early inoculation influencer. Her tale is told by DLS co-founder and devoted traveler, Florian Duijsens.

English aristocrat Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was raised to keep her opinions to herself, be it at home or in the King’s court, but she travelled widely, published secretly, and convinced many to take important steps that saved lives. When her husband became ambassador to the Ottoman Empire in 1716, she accompanied him to Constantinople. Gaining access to female spaces in Turkey, she witnessed smallpox inoculations there and had her son immunized in the same way, using a small sample of the live virus that had killed her brother and caused severe scarring to her own face. The principle was adapted into what we now know as vaccination. Lady Mary later left her husband behind in England after falling for an Italian count, only returning after she was widowed. She wrote poetry, essays, and copious letters, many of which were published after her death, encouraging other ladies to travel as she had done.

DLS other co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins producer Susan Stone to introduce the featured Dead Lady.

Find our more about Lady Mary Wortley Montagu on our show notes page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2022/01/19/podcast-49-lady-mary-wortley-montagu/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 48 - Zaha Hadid Dec 15, 2021

Episode 48 - Zaha Hadid In our last episode of 2021, The DLS team of Susan Stone, Katy Derbyshire, and Florian Duijsens all come together to clink glasses of bubbly, and discuss our favorite Dead Lady news of the year.

Plus, DLS Producer and journalist Susan Stone presents our featured Dead Lady, architect Zaha Hadid. Born in Baghdad, Zaha started her creative life early, designing her own clothes and furniture at the age of 7 or 8. She studied at, then taught at, the Architectural Association School in London, where she honed her boundary-breaking skills and unmatchable style.

Both life and her designs threw a series\ of curves her way, but she excelled and inspired, becoming the first woman to with the Pritzker Architecture Prize, considered the Nobel Prize for architecture, as well as many more accolades and contracts, eventually designing everything from schools to shoes. Along the way she faced notable sexism and racism as one of few women and Arabs in the field. But she wowed critics, and created some of the most incredible buildings the world has ever seen before her death at the age of 65 in 2016.

Find our more about Zaha Hadid on our show notes page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2021/12/15/podcast-48-zaha-hadid/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 47 - Milena Jesenská Nov 19, 2021

Episode 47 - Milena Jesenská

In this edition of the Dead Ladies Show Podcast, DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire brings you the story of Milena Jesenská live from the stage of the Berlin translation festival Translationale, held at the Collegium Hungaricum.

A journalist, writer, editor and translator, Milena Jesenská is often simply called “Kafka’s Milena” for her connection to the famous writer. But her life and work deserve far more attention.

Born in Prague in the former Austria-Hungary, now Czech Republic, Milena Jesenská straddled cultures and languages, politics and ideologies. As part of an underground resistance, she helped many refugees to escape the dangers of National Socialism, but was captured by the Gestapo and died in a concentration camp in Germany.

Find our more about Milena Jesenská on our show notes page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2021/11/19/podcast-47-milena-jesenska/

Thanks to the Translationale, the Toledo Program, and Weltlesebühne for inviting us.

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 46 - Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven Oct 16, 2021

**This episode contains brief mentions of suicide and suicide attempts, as well as some humorous profanity**

In this edition of the Dead Ladies Show Podcast, DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens introduces us to the eccentric Dada artist Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. An eternally eclectic, German-born New Yorker, the Baroness was known for living life as a work of art, wearing a collage of found items, from tin cans to postage stamps to live birds, seducing almost everyone she met, and creating mind-blowing poetry and sculptures, and never making money for her art, leading to her poverty. These days, she deserves some reclaimed recognition for creating the found art genre known as Readymades, including a particular infamous sculpture credited to French artist Marcel Duchamp (or Marcel Dushit, as the Baroness called him).

DLS other co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins producer/host Susan Stone to introduce the show, which was recorded in front of a live audience of enthusiastic college students as part of the Bard College Berlin event Pankumenta back in 2019.

Find our more about Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven and see her art and self-fashioned fashions on our show notes page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2021/10/16/podcast-47-elsa-von-freytag-loringhoven/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 45 - Nana Yaa Asantewaa Sep 16, 2021

Episode 45: Nana Yaa Asantewaa

We’re back with Season 5 of the Dead Ladies Show Podcast! And we kick things off with a fierce leader, the legendary Nana Yaa Asantewaa, a West African queen who led a war against the British in pre-colonial times. The also impressive writer and activist Sharon Dodua Otoo presents her story from the courtyard stage at Berlin’s ACUD as we celebrated an open-air return to live shows.

Sharon gives us historical and cultural context for the brave and wise leadership of the Asante ruler Nana Yaa Asantewaa, who was born in 1840, and was already a skilled farmer and mother before ascending to the title of Queen Mother in the 1880s. She defended the Asante treasure and emblem of power, the sacred Golden Stool, from the colonialist British governor, heading an army of 5,000 at the age of 60.

DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins producer/host Susan Stone to introduce Sharon and our new season.

Find our more on Nana Yaa Asantewaa and Sharon Dodua Otoo at our show notes page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/podcast/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we now have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 44 - Irmgard Keun Jun 20, 2021

In this episode of the podcast, DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire introduces us to daring German writer Irmgard Keun. As an ingenue, Irmgard’s writing debut was much more consequent than her acting debut, and she garnered praise and a film adaptation. Her books explored women’s lives in Weimar-era Berlin with a humor all her own, which of course meant the Nazis banned them. There’s dark wit, wild parties in the face of danger, and fabulous costume changes — oh, and an unreliable narrator. It’s a bit of Babylon Berlin meets Cabaret, perhaps.

Irmgard Keun is also one of the original Dead Ladies (along with Dorothy Parker) that sparked the creation of the Dead Ladies Show in the first place!

Our other DLS co-creator Florian Duijsens joins podcast producer and host Susan Stone for the introducing duties in our last episode of DLSP Season Four!

To learn more about the fabulous Irmgard and her wonderful books, have a look at https://deadladiesshow.com/2021/06/20/podcast-44-irmgard-keun/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new season and new episode in September.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Did you know we have a Patreon full of fun exclusive audio featuring all new Dead Ladies?! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

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Episode 43 - Bebe Barron May 13, 2021

This episode the introducing duties go to DLS co-founders Katy Derbyshire and Florian Duijsens as they hand off to podcast producer and host Susan Stone to present the featured Dead Lady -- Bebe Barron.

Known as the "First lady of Electronic Music," Bebe was a classically trained musician who found her joy with husband Louis in the eerie tones made by dying circuits. Their tape loops and new technology helped set the stage for the bleeps and bloops we all love today, and they created the first ever all-electronic film score for sci-fi flick Forbidden Planet. Plus, Bebe was a part of the Avant-Garde set, hanging out in New York and California with Anais Nin, Maya Deren, and Henry Miller.

The DLS crew also talk about what it's like to meet a living legend, and dish on a new documentary about women electronic music pioneers.

More info, links, and pics can be found at deadladiesshow.com/podcast

Episode 42 - Emily Hahn Apr 08, 2021

This episode we meet the intrepid Emily Hahn, an American writer and passionate traveller who wrote 54 books while reporting for the New Yorker.

As a young woman, she was the first woman to graduate in mining engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, then donned men's clothes to travel across the US with friends. Wanderlust took her to the Belgian Congo, where she worked for the Red Cross, then on to Shanghai, and later Hong Kong where she reported, flirted, and partied for a decade. She returned to the US from occupied China in 1943 with a 2-year-old in tow along with a newly divorced British intelligence officer.

Hahn, known as Mickey to her friends, was legendary for her beauty and wit, and also for her pet monkeys.

To learn more about Emily Hahn and her adventures visit our episode page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2021/04/08/podcast-42-emily-hahn/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we now have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 41 - Annette von Droste-Hülshoff Mar 14, 2021

In this episode, Anneke Lubkowitz introduces us to the brilliant and strange 19th century writer and poet Annette von Droste-Hülshoff.

This Dead Lady was a Lady in the literal sense - she was born into nobility, and the life her family expected for her was far different from the one she led. Choosing the male occupation of poet, and the unladylike hobby of fossil collecting, nature devotee Annette could often be found wandering the muddy moors or writing away in a turret. Her ahead-of-her-time way with verse included timeless poems and a work of gothic fiction considered by some to be one of the first murder mysteries.

Via Zoom from the bright green rooms of Annette von Droste-Hülshoff’s former home Haus Ruschhaus, Anneke also reads some newly translated poems from Droste’s collections.

This show was created in collaboration with StAnza, Scotland's International Poetry Festival, with help from the Burg Hülshoff Center for Literature. Thanks to both!

To learn more about Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, visit our episode page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2021/03/15/podcast-41-annette-von-droste-hulshoff/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we now have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 40 - Beryl Gilroy Feb 12, 2021

The star of our 40th (!) episode is author, educator, and therapist Beryl Gilroy. Born in what was then British Guiana, she trained as a teacher before migrating to London in 1952 as part of the Windrush generation and work all manner of jobs until becoming one of the very first Black head teachers in the UK. Her groundbreaking debut, Black Teacher (1976), documented her journey that that point, and she’d keep publishing all the way to her death in 2001. Telling her story is Berlin-based author Divya Ghelani.

DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens joins host/producer Susan Stone to add some Beryl-related news, and also to talk about our upcoming March 11, 2021 Zoom Dead Ladies Show event with Scotland's International Poetry Festival, StAnza, with tickets available here: https://stanzapoetry.org/festival/events/past-present-annette-von-droste-h-lshoff

To learn more about Beryl Gilroy, and see some lovely photos, visit our episode page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2021/02/12/podcast-40-beryl-gilroy/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we now have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 39 - Gráinne Mhaol (Grace O’Malley) Jan 16, 2021

Episode 39 introduces Gráinne Mhaol, also known as Grace O’Malley, the legendary Irish pirate queen.

Translator Laura Radosh presents the rollicking tale of this tremendous woman, who has been lauded as “a most famous femynyne sea captain,” and “the dark lady of Doona.” Gráinne Mhaol was head of the O’Malley dynasty in 16th-century Ireland, owning up to 1000 cattle and horses, leading men on land and sea, and allegedly wreaking cruel vengeance for the murder of a lover. When her sons and half-brother were captured by the English, is said to have met with Queen Elizabeth I and negotiated their release in Latin.

DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins host/producer Susan Stone to hear about the pirate booty gained by this historic beauty.

Katy also tells us about the new DLS Bookshop stores where listeners can find all the Dead Lady books they’ve always wanted, while contributing to independent bookstores and a little bit to our show, too.

US: https://bookshop.org/shop/deadladiesshow

UK: https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/deadladiesshow

To learn more about Gráinne Mhaol, visit our episode page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2021/01/16/podcast-39-grainne-mhaol-grace-omalley/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we now have a Patreon! Thanks to all of our current supporters! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 38 - Sister Rosetta Tharpe Dec 09, 2020

In episode 38, we hear the sweet, sweet music of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, known as the godmother of rock’n’roll.

DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens brings us the tale of this legendary guitarist and gospel singer who had a profound influence on musicians like Little Richard, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, and Aretha Franklin. She took to the stage at the age of four, and never really left it.

Sister Rosetta Tharpe made the first gospel record to hit the charts, played with Cab Calloway at the Cotton Club, attracted 25,000 paying customers to her third wedding, got in trouble with gospel purists and recorded a live album in Paris in 1964.

To start off the episode, Susan and Katy toast to the end of a strange year with the Dead Ladies Show signature tipple, affordable German bubbly Rotkäppchen (Red Riding Hood) and give thanks for the support we’ve had and that yet to come.

The presentation in this episode was recorded live with help from Brigitte Hamar at the Studiobühne der Universität Münster where we were invited by the Burg Hülshoff Center for Literature. Other talks from this event in German can be found here:

https://www.burg-huelshoff.de/en/medien/mediathek/dead-ladies-show

Thanks also to Fiona, Kati, Tobias, Feline and Jörg for inviting and assisting us.

To learn more, visit our episode page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2020/12/09/podcast-38-sister-rosetta-tharpe

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 37 - Chevalière d’Éon Nov 12, 2020

In Episode 37, Dead Ladies Show co-founder Katy Derbyshire introduces French spy, diplomat, and enigma, the Chevalière d’Éon.

Born Charles Geneviève Louise Auguste André Timothée d'Éon de Beaumont, the Chevalière d’Éon lived for 49 years as a man and spent the last 33 years of her life as a woman.

She claimed to have been assigned female at birth in 1728 Burgundy and raised as a boy, but her elderly roommate got quite a shock when she found that the dead body had male genitalia.

Having served as a spy to the French king, the Chevalière went into the military and then diplomacy, continuing her espionage for Louis XV from London. When the king died, d’Éon negotiated a return to France and legal recognition as a woman, then reluctantly assumed women’s clothing, made for her by Marie Antoinette’s personal dressmaker.

She earned a meagre living after the French Revolution by performing in English fencing tournaments, wrote an unreliable autobiography, developed her own theology of virtuous womanhood (Mary Wollstonecraft was a fan of hers) and died at the impressive age of 82.

Our other DLS-co-founder Florian Duijsens joins host/producer Susan Stone to discuss how and if we should apply contemporary thinking about gender to people from the past.

To learn more, visit our episode page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2020/11/12/podcast-37-chevaliere-deon/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 36 - Shirley Jackson Oct 15, 2020

Our 36th podcast episode brings you a glimpse of the acclaimed author of some of the most chilling tales in contemporary American literature, Shirley Jackson. Her short story “The Lottery” is a true classic since its publication in 1948.

Shirley Jackson blended gothic and horror elements with explorations of women’s alienation and search for identity. In her real life, she was forced to balance her tremendous talent with the everyday duties of a wife and mother and societal expectations of femininity, which she defied at almost every step.

Our presentation from Krista Ahlberg comes courtesy of Dead Ladies Show NYC, and was recorded live by Christopher Neil in the Red Room at New York’s KGB Bar in 2019.

Dead Ladies Show co-founder Florian Duijsens joins podcast host/producer Susan Stone to discuss some of Shirley’s stories and the films and series in the Shirley Jackson extended universe.

For all things Shirley, check out our episode page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2020/10/15/podcast-36-shirley-jackson/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 35 - Ida B. Wells Sep 17, 2020

It’s Episode 35! On a sultry September evening, DLS Podcast producer and host Susan Stone took the stage to present the life and times of the unstoppable Ida B. Wells! This pioneering African-American investigative journalist, suffragist and activist was a pint-sized powerhouse.

Born into slavery in Mississippi in 1862, Ida’s world opened up with the Emancipation Proclamation, and she became a teacher, newspaper editor, and international lecturer, fighting injustice and racism all the way. Her hold-nothing-back editorials and books exposed and documented the horrific practice of lynching in the American South. On her steely path to justice, she accepted no compromises, making friends and enemies along the way.

DLS co-founders Katy Derbyshire and Florian Duisjens take up the introductions as we get back into the podcast swing of things after a summer break.

For more information and some lovely pictures, check out our show notes page here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2020/09/17/podcast-35-ida-b-wells/

Our theme music is “Little Lily Swing” by Tri-Tachyon.

Thanks for listening! We’ll be back with a new episode next month.

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Don’t forget, we now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 34 - Willa Muir Jun 17, 2020

In Episode 34, we’re once more in Muenster as guests of the Burg Hülshoff Centre for Literature, which happens to be named after a Dead Lady poet, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff! This time around, we’ll get introduced to Willa Muir, a prolific translator who brought Kafka into English for the first time. Born on a small Scottish isle, she was eyewitness to some of Europe’s most important moments. She worked in tandem with her husband Edwin, who somehow managed to get all the credit.

Dead Ladies Show co-founder Katy Derbyshire translates Willa’s life and work, and our other co-founder Florian Duijsens joins host & producer Susan Stone to reveal more about forgotten German writers, some translated by Willa Muir.

We also meet the Leseburger*innen, the reading citizens. This community group of engaged literature and art fans create their own activities and interpretations around the many events and festivals put on by the Burg Hülshoff Center for Literature.

Images of Willa and links to the Leseburger*innen and info about the Burg Hülshoff Center for Literature and its Droste Festival are on our website here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2020/06/17/podcast-34-willa-muir/

Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast!

*thumbnail image: painting of Willa Muir by Nigel McIsaac, 1944 via National Galleries Scotland

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

We now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 33 - Dorothy L. Sayers May 13, 2020

Episode 33 takes us virtually to Muenster as guests of the Burg Hülshoff Centre for Literature, which happens to be named after a Dead Lady poet, Annette von Droste-Hülshoff! However, we’re here to talk about mystery queen Dorothy L. Sayers.

Dorothy, or DLS, as she preferred to be called, is probably best known for her crime novels featuring posh amateur detective Lord Peter Wimsey. But she also gave us an impressive English translation of Dante’s Divine Comedy, much loved to this day. Something of a child prodigy, she learned Latin at six and studied at Oxford before women were actually awarded degrees. She made an early living in advertising and later wrote essays on both Christian and feminist subjects, including the fabulously titled “Are Women Human?” All this while publishing sixteen detective novels, plus numerous plays and short stories, and leading what might best be called a turbulent private life.

Dead Ladies Show co-founder Florian Duijsens unravels the complicated plot of her life, as other co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins host & producer Susan Stone to set the stage.

We’ll have photos of DLS (the lady) and the DLS (live show) in Muenster at our website: https://deadladiesshow.com/2020/05/13/podcast-33-dorothy-l-sayers/

Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast!

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

We now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 32 - Rose Mackenberg Apr 16, 2020

Episode 32 introduces enthusiastic ghost-buster Rose Mackenberg! Sometimes called “Harry Houdini’s Girl Detective,” Rose was dedicated to debunking psychics who scammed vulnerable and grieving Americans recovering from the tragedies of World War I and the Spanish Flu of 1918. She started out as a stenographer and private investigator, joining forces with famed magician Houdini to crusade against fraud and psychic swindlers.

Rose is conjured up from the stage at KGB Bar’s Red Room in New York, by presenters Nicole Saraniero and Dana Lewis.

The talk was recorded live by Christopher Neil at a 2019 edition of NYC DLS, and hosted and curated by Molly O’Laughlin Kemper, with support from Nicolas Kemper and Lori Schwarz, general manager of the KGB Bar's Red Room, where the event was held.

Please consider supporting our beloved venues in Berlin and New York (which are closed and unable to operate during the Coronavirus crisis) with the links below, or help out your local bar, theatre, or another venue you love.

ACUD: https://www.startnext.com/save-acud-macht-neu

KGB BAR’S RED ROOM: https://fundly.com/literary-landmark-kgb-bar-nyc-aid

Find photos of Rose in her various disguises on our website: https://deadladiesshow.com/2020/04/17/podcast-32-rose-mackenberg/

Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast!

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Episode 31 - Alexandra Kollontai Mar 08, 2020

Welcome to Episode 31, released on International Women’s Day 2020. In honor of this day, we meet a woman who was involved in women’s rights, as well as the vote in 1910 at the Second International Conference of Socialist Women in Copenhagen in favor of a day honoring working women, to promote equal rights and inspire action.

Alexandra Kollontai was a Marxist revolutionary who became one of the first female diplomats, representing the Soviet Union in Norway and elsewhere from 1922. After the revolution, she founded the “Women’s Department” to improve women’s lives in the new state. Kollontai wrote about marriage and traditional families as oppressive and about sexuality as a natural human instinct, and she lived by these values for many years.

She left her first husband to study economics in Switzerland, and later took various lovers, mostly younger. A vocal internal critic of the Communist Party, her diplomatic postings were effectively a form of exile to prevent her meddling in politics. When Stalin’s purges began, she lost many of her friends and former lovers, but her son and nephew survived. She was the only leading Bolshevik from revolutionary times to die a natural death, aside of course from Stalin. DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire tells her story.

Delightful photos and links can be found here: show notes

Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast!

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

We now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work on our patreon page

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link

Episode 30 - Emma Goldman Feb 14, 2020

Episode 30! Can you believe it? For a little inspiration in these grim political times, podcast producer & presenter Susan Stone chooses a brand spanking new presentation from Dead Ladies Show co-founder Florian Duijsens.

Our other dear co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins in on the comfy couch to introduce the fabulous Emma Goldman. This anarchist philosopher, activist, and writer was determined, persistent, and sure in her convictions. Which, duly, got her convicted. Often called Red Emma, she’s surely no true role model, but a heck of a lot of fun to learn about.

Susan and Katy also talk about the inaugural Emma Goldman Awards that just took place in Vienna, and provide some rather poppy musical inspiration.

Find all relevant photos and links - a veritable Emma Goldman extravaganza - in our show notes: https://deadladiesshow.com/2020/02/14/podcast-30-emma-goldman/

Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast!

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

We now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 29 - Zora Neale Hurston Jan 15, 2020

Episode 29 presents a giant of the Harlem Renaissance: writer, anthropologist and zombie finder Zora Neale Hurston! Zora may be best known for her 1937 novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God,” but her love of adventure and willingness to re-write her own biography are sure to delight fans old and new. Writer and scholar Fatin Abbas tells Zora’s tale from the stage in ACUD, and Dead Ladies Show co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins podcast producer & presenter Susan Stone to put things in motion. We’ll have photos and links so you can learn more about this African American great at our website: https://deadladiesshow.com/2020/01/15/podcast-28-zora-neale-hurston Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast! **** The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

DEUTSCH Episode 28 - Fanny Cradock DEUTSCH! Dec 17, 2019

Episode 28 - mal auf Deutsch! Autorin, Aktivistin und Creative Director Mary Scherpe erzählt von der recht exzentrischen Fernsehköchin Fanny Cradock. Dazu, die beiden Gründer*innen der Dead Ladies Show,, Katy Derbyshire und Florian Duijsens, sind dabei mit Produzentin Susan Stone und wir reden ueber Weihnachten- und Silvester-Traditionen. __ Die Dead Ladies Show feiert famose, vergessene und manchmal verrufene Frauen, die Unglaubliches erreichten, obwohl sie es im Leben oft schwer hatten. Die Show wird vor einem wunderbaren Publikum hier in Berlin live aufgenommen, und wir schenken euch im Podcast eine Sonderauswahl der veranstalteten Vorträge. Mehr: deadladiesshow.com/podcast

Episode 28 - Fanny Cradock Dec 12, 2019

Episode 28 brings you the delicious delights of pioneering TV chef and all-around extravagant character Fanny Cradock! This English Dead Lady invented her history and sculpted her future out of oysters, champagne, and tiaras.

Fanny could sell out the Albert Hall in London for a crowd who gathered to see her make cooking into entertainment. Her hold-no-bars approach, however, meant her life wasn’t all smooth sailing - her story includes bigamy, exploding yachts, and child abandonment.

Mary Scherpe, the founder of Berlin’s Feminist Food Club and the website Stil in Berlin brings us the tale of fabulous Fanny.

Dead Ladies Show co-founders Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire join podcast producer & presenter Susan Stone around the kitchen table — where else— to toast Dead Ladies past and future, and to talk about their own favorite holiday treats.

Find photos and video of Fanny Cradock’s most infamous moments on our website

Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast!

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire.

The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

We now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work here

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Episode 27 - Margaret Fountaine Nov 14, 2019

On Episode 27, we meet a Dead Lady Lepidopterist! Dead Ladies Show co-founder Florian Duijsens introduces us to Margaret Fountaine, an English explorer and naturalist who collected butterflies and loved love. Her exciting scientific life and world travels were well-known, but her romantic adventures were only revealed when Margaret’s copious diaries were read in 1978, 100 years after she first started them at age 15.

Dead Ladies Show co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins podcast producer & presenter Susan Stone to revel in Margaret’s lovely and at times heart-breaking tale, and to discuss how diaries open doors to the lives of women from the past.

Find photos of Margaret Fountaine and some lovely butterflies and more on our website: deadladiesshow.com/2019/11/14/podcast-27-margaret-fountaine

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history.

The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

We now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

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Episode 26 - Doreen Valiente & Martha Maxwell Oct 17, 2019

Episode 26 brings you spooky Dead Lady tales all the way from NYC! First, Claire Carroll introduces us to England’s Doreen Valiente, known as the mother of modern witchcraft. In the UK and beyond, she was key in the spread of modern day Wicca, now a world-wide religion. Doreen also had more than a few secrets under her cape. **SECOND TALK CONTAINS ENTHUSIASTIC SWEARING** Then, it’s time for a live lady taxidermist talking about a Dead Lady taxidermist! Divya Anantharaman of Gotham Taxidermy brings us the story of American naturalist and taxidermy pioneer Martha Maxwell. The talks were recorded live at two separate editions of NYC DLS, which is hosted and curated by Molly O’Laughlin Kemper, with support from Nicolas Kemper and Christopher Neil and Lori Schwarz, general manager of the KGB Bar's Red Room, where the event is held. Dead Ladies Show co-founder Katy Derbyshire joins podcast producer & presenter Susan Stone to chat about these spooky wonderful dames and more. Find photos of Ep 26's Dead Ladies and images of very bad taxidermy on our website: https://deadladiesshow.com/2019/10/17/podcast-26-doreen-valiente-martha-maxwell/

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 25 - LaVern Baker Sep 19, 2019

In this episode, DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire — who is a translator, publisher, and avid blues dancer — brings us the story of R&B, blues, and rock legend LaVern Baker, a performer with strong charisma, an unforgettable voice, and a rather naughty sense of humor. She got her first singing job at the age of ten, cut her first record at 12 or 14, and lived her whole life in music. When LaVern's songs were copied note-for-note by white singer Georgia Gibbs, Baker responded by writing Gibbs into her flight insurance policy, as both careers would have been ended in the event of a plane crash. LaVern Baker was the second woman ever to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame (after Aretha Franklin). See pictures of LAVERN and hear some of her wonderful songs at: https://deadladiesshow.com/2019/09/19/podcast-25-lavern-baker/ And check out Katy's LaVern Baker Dead Lady Deluxe playlist on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/70PcWxYdmDbhbhIiQloFZQ?si=rZ36Lb_JS_aGyL3UUt2YTA&fbclid=IwAR3qmXs6st0ts8lnUPlOWFutikIf99x_d4w5hD1FVIAE3BTeZPDtlseva1o Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast! *** The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Season Three Promo Sep 06, 2019

A sneak peek at what's coming up in Season Three of the Dead Ladies Show Podcast. Find us at deadladiesshow.com and your podcast purveyor of choice. See you soon! Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our podcast. Because women's history is everyone's history. The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 24 - Hedy Lamarr Jun 20, 2019

In this episode, writer and translator Isabel Fargo Cole tells the tale of lovely, lonely, and litigious HEDY LAMARR. Born Hedwig Kiesler, as a Jewish refugee from Vienna HEDY was re-vamped for Hollywood and dubbed “the world’s most beautiful woman” by director Louis B. Mayer. The glamorous exotic image and the resulting unimaginative acting roles quite bored her, leaving her lonesome, but with time to develop her hobby — inventing things. HEDY’s most successful – eventually – was a frequency-hopping signal for radio-controlled torpedoes, so that they that could not be tracked or jammed. The US Navy did not implement it during WWII, but it was used from 1962 on, and is now part of Bluetooth technology. Lamarr has a star on Hollywood Boulevard and a number of inventor’s awards.

See pictures of HEDY and her invention at: https://deadladiesshow.com/2019/06/20/podcast-24-hedy-lamarr/ Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast!

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The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! Please consider supporting our transcripts project and our ongoing work: www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast If you prefer to make a one-time donation, here’s the link: paypal.me/dlspodcast

Episode 23 - Bessie Blount & Florynce Kennedy May 16, 2019

In this episode, it’s New York City, baby! Our sister spin-off show — hosted and curated by Molly O’Laughlin Kemper at KGB Bar — represents with two excellent talks about fantastic American Dead Ladies. First up is Amy Padnani on BESSIE BLOUNT. Amy is an obit editor at the New York Times, and creator of the acclaimed Overlooked series. Much like our Dead Ladies Show, Overlooked corrects history, by recognizing women who were left off the NYT’s obituaries pages over the decades. Amy introduces us to dedicated nurse, brilliant inventor, and skilled forensic handwriting analyst BESSIE BLOUNT. Then, we go big with fabulous Black feminist radical activist FLORYNCE KENNEDY, who fought injustice and spoke truth to power dressed in a flamboyant cowboy hat, pink sunglasses, and false eyelashes. Yale University PhD student Deborah Streahle tells FLO KENNEDY’s tale. DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens joins host and producer Susan Stone for the fun. The talks in this episode of the podcast come from the New York Dead Ladies Show, which is hosted and curated by Molly O’Laughlin Kemper, with support from Nicolas Kemper and Claire O’Laughlin, as well as Lori Schwarz of the KGB Bar and bartenders Dan and Seiji. See photos of fabulous FLO, and marvel at images of BESSIE’s inventions in our show notes here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2019/05/16/podcast-23-bessie-blount-and-flo-kennedy/ __ The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin and beyond. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. We now have a Patreon! www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast!

Episode 22 - Josephine Baker Apr 18, 2019

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, Dead Ladies Show co-founder Florian Duijsens takes us on a wild ride through the life of JOSEPHINE BAKER. Perhaps best known for the scandalous dances of her early career as an entertainer, US-born JOSEPHINE BAKER was also a spy, activist, and mother to a ‘rainbow tribe’ of international children. She was also the first black person anywhere to star in a major motion picture in 1927; that same year she was Europe’s highest-earning entertainer. During WWII she used her fame to gather intelligence and her sheet music to transport secret messages for the Resistance. In France, she lived in a chateau with her 12 adopted children, while in the States she was banned by the FBI right after being named the NAACP’s “Woman of the Year” for her anti-segregation articles and campaigns. All, of course, after having brought jazz and banana-garnished dancing to Europe. **LANGUAGE ADVISORY for enthusiastic swearing Check out some fabulous pictures of Josephine, and find out what books to read to learn more about this one-of-a-kind Dead Lady here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2019/04/18/podcast-22-josephine-baker/ Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast! The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 21 - Noor Inayat Khan Mar 14, 2019

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, Dead Ladies Show co-founder Katy Derbyshire presents the surprising and inspiring tale of war hero Noor Inayat Khan. NOOR INAYAT KHAN came from a regal Indian family — her father was an acclaimed Sufi musician who helped spread the spiritual practice to the West, including to Noor’s American mother. Noor was a talented musician and writer, a true beauty, and also a brave pacifist who worked as a secret radio operator for the British in occupied Paris during World War II. She is considered Britain’s first Muslim war hero and was posthumously awarded the George Cross for her service to the Secret Operations Executive. See images of Noor Inayat Khan and find links to videos and books about her fascinating life here: https://deadladiesshow.com/2019/03/14/podcast-21-noor-inayat-khan/ Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 20 - Anna May Wong Feb 14, 2019

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, our 20th (!), Dead Ladies Show co-founder Florian Duijsens introduces us the the fabulous Anna May Wong. ANNA MAY WONG is considered the first Chinese-American Hollywood star. Born and raised in California, she began acting at 14, then left high school to go into silent movies. Soon tiring of all the interesting Asian parts going to white actors, while she played stereotyped roles – “Lotus Flower”, “Honky-Tonk Girl”, “Tiger Lily”, “Mongolian Slave”, “A Flower of the Orient”, etc. – Anna May left for Europe in 1928. Greeted as a star in Berlin, she at least got to play women who didn’t die as part of the plot. After her triumphant return to the States, Anna May Wong finally got leading Hollywood roles – but by far not all the ones she wanted, with racism continuing to affect her career and her private life. See images of Anna May, and learn more about her life and against-all-odds career here: deadladiesshow.com/2019/02/14/podcast-20-anna-may-wong/ Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Episode 19 - Constance Barnicoat & Irihapeti Ramsden Jan 17, 2019

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live on stage, usually in Berlin. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode: we go to New Zealand! Or, more accurately, New Zealand comes to us. Featured are two talks from the first ever NZ Dead Ladies Show, recorded live during LitCrawl Wellington, produced by Pirate and Queen. Presenter Jesse Bray Sharpin, a renegade historian, tells us about Constance Barnicoat, a multilingual journalist and interpreter, intrepid mountaineer, and all-around badass. And Maraea Rakuraku, a Tūhoe and Ngāti Kahungunu playwright, poet, and more presents a personal story about how Dr Irihapeti Ramsden — a Māori nurse, writer, educator & anthropologist who campaigned for the healthcare needs and cultural recognition of indigenous peoples — impacted her life and work. Maraea provided us with a little background about Captain Cook, who she speaks about in her talk: Indigenous Māori and indeed most of the Pacific, have a conflicted relationship with British Explorer, Captain James Cook (1728-1779) credited (still) with having ‘discovered’, in 1769, populated for centuries by Polynesians – Aotearoa/New Zealand. This voyage and the two that followed, in (1772-1775) and (1776-1779) were precursors to colonisation, that would overwhelm Indigenous less than 70 years later and lead to the signing of The Declaration of Independence in 1835 followed by Te Tiriti o Waitangi (The Treaty of Waitangi) in 1840. These agreements reinforced the sovereignty and rights of the Indigenous peoples, who at the time were the majority peoples. Introduced disease, combined with the systematic economic, social and spiritual dismantling of cultural systems had a devastating impact upon the Indigenous population, which is still felt to this day. And here’s a translation of her opening words: Through my mother, I am Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa Through my father, Maungapōhatu is my mountain Tauranga, is my river Ngāti Rere is my hapu, Tūhoe is my tribe, I am Maraea Rakuraku Greetings to you all. Also, DLS-cofounder Katy Derbyshire joins host/producer Susan Stone to explain how a Berlin show got to New Zealand, and discuss the complexities of varying viewpoints on history. FYI -- there are a few swear words. @#$%&*! See pictures of everyone involved and learn more in our show notes at deadladiesshow.com/2019/01/17/podcast-19-constance-barnicoat-and-irihapeti-ramsden/ Thanks to Andrew Laking and Claire Mabey of www.pirateandqueen.co.nz To find out more about LitCrawl Wellington go here: www.litcrawl.co.nz Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 18 - Elsa Lanchester Dec 12, 2018

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode: FRANKENFRAUEN! Our four-part series of historic women with connections to the iconic gothic novel Frankenstein, in celebration of its centenary in 2018. Part Four: Elsa Lanchester! DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens is back with our miniseries wild card. Elsa Lanchester may have been made famous by her role in 1935’s Bride of Frankenstein, but her bohemian life was notable in many ways. Recorded live at Bard College Berlin. See delightful pictures of Elsa and her adventures in show business in our show notes: deadladiesshow.com/2018/12/12/podcast-18-elsa-lanchester Check out the rest of our FRANKENFRAUEN series: Mary Wollstonecraft (philosopher and proto-feminist, also Mary Shelley’s mom), Frankenstein author Mary Shelley, and Ada Lovelace (pioneering mathematician and daughter of Lord Byron). Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 17 - Ada Lovelace Dec 12, 2018

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode: FRANKENFRAUEN! Our four-part series of historic women with connections to the iconic gothic novel Frankenstein, in celebration of its centenary in 2018. Part Three: Bard College Berlin's Laura Scuriatti presents the amazing Ada Lovelace. Daughter of Shelley-pal Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace was a brilliant mathematician who is considered the first computer programmer. See images of Ada and the computer-precursors she worked with in our show notes: deadladiesshow.com/2018/12/12/podcast-17-ada-lovelace/ Check out the rest of our FRANKENFRAUEN series: Mary Wollstonecraft (philosopher and proto-feminist, also Mary Shelley’s mom), Frankenstein author Mary Shelley, and Elsa Lanchester (bohemian performer and character actor who knew everyone and appears as the Bride of Frankenstein in the 1935 film of the same name). Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 16 - Mary Shelley Dec 12, 2018

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode: FRANKENFRAUEN! Our four-part series of historic women with connections to the iconic gothic novel Frankenstein, in celebration of its centenary in 2018. Second part: Frankenstein author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens tells us all about the tumultuous life of this creative woman. See images of Mary Shelley and other romantic Gothic types in our show notes: deadladiesshow.com/2018/12/12/podcast-16-mary-shelley Check out the rest of our FRANKENFRAUEN series: Mary Wollstonecraft (philosopher and proto-feminist, also Mary Shelley’s mom), Ada Lovelace (daughter of Lord Byron and pioneering computer programmer), and Elsa Lanchester (bohemian performer and character actor who knew everyone and appears as the Bride of Frankenstein in the 1935 film of the same name). Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone.

Episode 15 - Mary Wollstonecraft Dec 12, 2018

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode: FRANKENFRAUEN! We kick off our four-part series of historic women with connection to the iconic gothic novel Frankenstein, in honor of its 100th birthday in 2018. First up, DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire tells us about the life of Mary Wollstonecraft. This philosopher and proto-feminist also happens to be the mother of Frankenstein author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. See images of Mary Wollstonecraft and find out more about her work in our show notes: deadladiesshow.com/2018/12/12/podcast-15-mary-wollstonecraft Check out the rest of our FRANKENFRAUEN series: Mary Shelley, Ada Lovelace (daughter of Lord Byron and pioneering computer programmer), and Elsa Lanchester (bohemian performer and character actor who knew everyone and appears as the Bride of Frankenstein in the 1935 film of the same name). Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 14 - Aphra Behn Nov 15, 2018

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, Dead Ladies Show co-founder Katy Derbyshire tells us all about Restoration playwright, poet, translator, and novelist Aphra Behn. Known for her popular plays and bawdy verses, Aphra was the first woman to earn her living from writing (in English). She was also a spy, and is said to have invented Milk Punch cocktail. Also, Susan Stone explores an exhibition of Vivian Maier's photography, and delves into the questions of authorship, consent, and copyright surrounding the discovery of her never-seen negatives and films shortly before the death of this mysterious woman in 2009. See images of Aphra and Vivian and their wonderful work at: deadladiesshow.com/2018/11/15/podcast-14-aphra-behn/ Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 13 - Marie Curie Oct 18, 2018

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin. This podcast is based on that series.  Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, the first of DLSP Season Two: Agata Lisiak teaches us all about the world’s most famous physicist, Marie Skłodowska Curie. The double Nobel Prize winner was the first and only woman in most situations she encountered. Also, writer David Wagner introduces the pioneering doctor Anna Fischer-Dückelmann, whose best-selling 1901 book taught women about contraception, vegetarian diets, and the importance of a healthy sex life. See images of Marie and Anna and their wonderful work at: deadladiesshow.com/2018/10/18/podcast-13-marie-curie-anna-fischer-duckelmann/ Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Season Two Promo Oct 01, 2018

A sneak peek at what's coming up in Season Two of the Dead Ladies Show Podcast. Find us at deadladiesshow.com and your podcast purveyor of choice. See you soon! Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our podcast. Because women's history is everyone's history. The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 12 - Anne Lister Aug 23, 2018

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin. This podcast is based on that series.  Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, the last of DLSP Season One: Anne Lister excelled at many things traditionally thought to be within the purview of men in Regency era England, such as business, mountain climbing, and seducing scores of women, even marrying one. She left behind copious coded diaries that provide an unparalleled glimpse into her life. DLS-co-founder Katy Derbyshire, who recently translated the first in-depth biography of Anne Lister, called Gentleman Jack, tells us all about Anne’s impressive life and list of ladies. See images of Anne and get a peek in her diaries at: deadladiesshow.com/2018/08/22/podcast-12-anne-lister/ Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 11 - Lotte Reiniger Jul 26, 2018

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, DLS co-founders Katy Derbyshire and Florian Duijsens take over for your regular host Susan Stone, so she can tell you all about Lotte Reiniger. As a girl in Berlin, Lotte started cutting intricate paper silhouettes; her talent and dedication led her to become a pioneer of animation and film starting at a very young age. Her 1926 film The Adventures of Prince Achmed is the first full-length feature animated film — take that Walt Disney! Disney claimed the honor for his 1937 Snow White, and also patented one of Lotte’s inventions, but she persevered to become a resepcted favorite who has inspired generations. Her signature style can be seen in everything from Bjork videos to Harry Potter films. Plus, we reveal some exciting DLS news, and Susan gives a shout-out to the ShoutOut Live! Radical Women podcast festival and some of the rad women she met there. See clips and pix of Lotte’s work at: deadladiesshow.com/2018/07/25/podcast-11-lotte-reiniger Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 10 - Mary Kingsley Jun 28, 2018

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live in Berlin. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, we journey through the complicated life of Victorian-era explorer Mary Kingsley. She broke grounds for women and ethnography during her travels in West Africa, and DLS co-founder Florian Duijsens brings us her surprising and somewhat sad tale. Plus, we meet a bonus lady at the end, as journalist Binnur Cavuslu introduces us to Turkish activist, writer, and all-around badass Halide Edip Adivar, who even has a crater on Venus named after her by NASA. Find pictures of Mary’s expansive exploring outfits and Halide’s great moments as well as book links at: deadladiesshow.com/2018/06/28/podcast-10-mary-kingsley-halide-edip-adivar/ Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 09 - Kaethe Paulus May 24, 2018

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live on stage in Berlin at ACUD. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, we soar to new heights as DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire explores German ballooning pioneer Kaethe Paulus. Plus, our other co-founder Florian Duijsens tells us about his growing collection of Dead Lady memoirs, many of which are woefully out of print, and we hear an excerpt from “Shelley II,” the scandalous yet circumspect memoir of actress Shelley Winters. Find pictures of Käthe’s daring days and life-saving parachute invention, and check out Florian’s fabulous reading list at: deadladiesshow.com/2018/05/24/podcast-9-kathe-paulus Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 08 - Theda Bara Apr 25, 2018

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live on stage in Berlin at ACUD. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, writer Alix Berber unveils the original vamp, Theda Bara. We also debut our segment Living Legend, with a conversation about Pauline Black, Queen of British Ska, lead singer of the The Selecter, writer, fashion icon, and so much more. With music from Lorin Sklamberg and Los Sundayers. See Theda at her barest, and hear Pauline at her finest at: deadladiesshow.com/2018/04/25/podcast-8-theda-bara/ Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 07 - The Grimke Sisters Mar 28, 2018

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live on stage in Berlin at ACUD. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, Frances Thoms Provine tells the story of Sarah and Angelina Grimke, American abolitionists who blazed a path for racial justice and women's rights. We also debut our segment Woman of the Hour, which looks at a Dead Lady receiving new attention. This time, environmentalist and activist Marjory Stoneman Douglas. Hear a song about Angelina Grimke, see pictures, and more at: deadladiesshow.com/2018/03/28/podcast-7-the-grimke-sisters-marjory-stoneman-douglas Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 06 - Constance Markievicz Feb 22, 2018

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live on stage in Berlin at ACUD. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire tells us about Constance Markievicz. She was an Irish revolutionary, suffragette, and socialist, and the first woman elected to the British parliament (although she never attended). From a landowning background, she became a landscape painter and socialized with Dublin’s intellectuals before joining Sinn Féin and the Daughters of Ireland, attending her first meeting in a ball-gown and tiara. Later, though, she advised women to “dress suitably in short skirts and strong boots, leave your jewels in the bank and buy a revolver.” Markievicz fought in the 1916 Easter Rising, narrowly escaping a death sentence, and became the first woman cabinet minister in the Irish Republic. See pictures and more at: deadladiesshow.com/2018/02/22/podcast-6-constance-markievicz/ Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 05 - Leonora Carrington Jan 25, 2018

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring talks about women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live on stage in Berlin at ACUD. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, children's book author Jessica Miller explores the fantastic world of surrealist artist Leonora Carrington. See Leonora's art and find out more at: deadladiesshow.com/2018/01/25/podcast-5-leonora-carrington Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 04 - Dorothy Parker Dec 14, 2017

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring presentations on women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live on stage in Berlin. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, we make a toast to dead ladies, and DLS co-founder Florian Duisjens tells us about the wit and world-weariness of writer and thinker Dorothy Parker. See pictures of Dorothy and find out more at: deadladiesshow.com/2017/12/14/podcast-4-dorothy-parker Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 03 - May Ayim Nov 22, 2017

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring presentations on women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live on stage in Berlin at event space ACUD. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, DLS co-founder Katy Derbyshire tells us about Afro-German poet, activist, and scholar May Ayim. Then spoken-word artist and author Mara Sanaga joins us for a special conversation about May's legacy. See pictures of May and find out more at: deadladiesshow.com/2017/11/22/podcast-3-may-ayim Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 02 - Fanny Blankers-Koen Oct 27, 2017

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring presentations on women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live on stage in Berlin at event space ACUD. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, adventurer Sarah Fisher tells us about Dutch sports legend Fanny Blankers-Koen. Dubbed 'the Flying Housewife,' Fanny won four gold medals in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. See pictures of Fanny and find out more at deadladiesshow.com/2017/10/26/podcast-2-fanny-blankers-koen/ Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

Episode 01 - Hypatia Sep 26, 2017

The Dead Ladies Show is a series of entertaining and inspiring presentations on women who achieved amazing things against all odds, presented live on stage in Berlin at event space ACUD. This podcast is based on that series. Because women's history is everyone's history. In this episode, our very first, writer and translator Karen Margolis tells us about the life of ancient mathematician Hypatia. It's a tale of murder, mayhem, and math! Find out more at deadladiesshow.com/2017/09/26/podcast-1-hypatia Follow us on social media @deadladiesshow and please share, rate, and review the show as it helps others to find our feminist women's history podcast The Dead Ladies Show was founded by Florian Duijsens and Katy Derbyshire. The podcast is created, produced, edited, and presented by Susan Stone. We now have a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/deadladiesshowpodcast

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